Jennifer Theresa DiPiazza, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

Jennifer DiPiazza, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC is a Doctoral Lecturer at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Dr. DiPiazza teaches graduate psychiatric nursing and has begun a program of research focused on cigarette smoking cessation. Previously she was in clinical practice at New York University Student Health Center, where she treated patients for nicotine dependence and a range of mental health disorders. At the same time she was a clinical preceptor for graduate psychiatric nursing students at New York University and an instructor for undergraduate students at LaGuardia Community College.

Dr. DiPiazza was a fellow in the Substance Abuse Research and Education and Training (SARET) program at the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research at New York University in 2010. This fellowship emphasized clinical research in substance abuse.

Dr. DiPiazza resides in New York City and has one son who entered Kindergarten in 2015. She enjoys hiking, yoga, tennis, cross country skiing, running, and vegetarian cooking.

• PhD, Nursing Research, New York University, 2015
• MS, Nursing, Columbia University, 2005
• BS, Nursing, Columbia University, 2003
• MSEd, Education, City College of New York, CUNY, 1996
• BS, Human Development & Family Studies, Cornell University, 1994
• AA, Liberal Arts, Nassau Community College, 1991

Dr. DiPiazza investigates cigarette smoking cessation, harm reduction for cigarette smokers, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and the influence of sensory influences on smoking behavior. With colleagues from University of Catania, Italy, she recently conducted two studies. One, examined the role of an electronic cigarette on smoking displacements in smokers with schizophrenia, with pilot funding from the Clinical Translational Science Center (CTSC) of Weill Cornell Medical College (1 UL1 TR002384-01). The other explored the influences of sensory experiences of e-cigarette use on cessation outcomes, with funding from a PSC-CUNY grant.